Category Archives: Agriculture

New herbicide-tolerant mustard hybrids need diverse farming plans

In the 2026-27 rabi sowing season, from October to April, Indian farmers are set to [...]

Mango and curd rice? Six regional mango combinations you need to try

When mango season arrives, Indian dining habits undergo a dramatic shift. Such is the love [...]

Indigenous soil, water management sustaining Nagaland terrace farming, says study

Indigenous soil and water management is sustaining the terrace farming model of the Angami community [...]

Tomato, onion, potato prices rise within a week, yet farmers say their produce

The prices of essential commodities, particularly of tomatoes, onions and potatoes, have increased across almost [...]

Fertilizer cargoes in focus as Iran tightens Strait transit rules

For India, which has focused its attention on the evacuation of fertilizer-carrying bulk carriers from [...]

Biochar offers a way to turn India’s farm smoke into ‘black gold’

India’s agriculture faces a serious paradox: a large amount of biomass that could improve soil [...]

Say hello to Libex, a bold new coffee hybrid built to beat the heat

While the world’s coffee drinkers favour Arabica or Robusta, a newly identified hybrid called Coffea [...]

Razor’s edge: On the progress of the southwest monsoon

The southwest monsoon deficit nationwide has increased from 35% to 43%; the winds’ northward advance [...]

Kingmakers: Meet the insects that make India’s famed mangoes

More than a thousand varieties of mangoes exist in India, the popular ones being Banganapalli, [...]

6,669 farmers, agricultural labourers ended their lives in Maharashtra in 2023:

As many as 6,669 farmers and agricultural labourers ended their lives in Maharashtra in 2023, [...]